Tinubu meets labour leaders over on-going strike

Speaking at the briefing, Tinubu said he would not deny being a part of what is happening in Nigeria today. “I cannot say we work from a distant, I cannot say I was not a part of what is happening today. I can only say I noticed the communication gap,” Tinubu said. He urged the labour union to have a rethink on the ongoing strike action for the interest of Nigerians.

“I cannot say you are the enemies of progress of the country, today we came in to appeal to you, and go back to history, we worked real hard to bringing Nigeria on a progressive path,” he added. Tinubu added that the present administration is focused on ensuring the growth and development of Nigeria as a country. “For me progressive governance is all we care about.

“Mr. President, the former president, our senators are here only to make clear that you are not the enemy and you will never be the enemy of what is progressive,” he said. “Why should we continue, problems after problem, conflict after conflict?” the APC leader asked. He appealed to the labour leaders to understand that what is happening now, which involves him “Without your support, without your participate we would not have won this election,” he said. He also called on the labour leaders to collaborate with the present administration to bring the desired change for Nigerians. 

Meanwhile, the federal government has initiated moves to end the ongoing strike by releasing names of its members of the technical committee to work with organised labour on the agreement on palliatives following the hike of pump price of petrol to N145 per litre. Making the announcement in statement, Samuel Olowookere, the deputy director press on behalf of the minister of labour and productivity, Chris Ngige, said the committee will be inaugurated on Monday, May 23, 2016.